As I mentioned in my presentation, we might think initially that a lawyer, a criminal lawyer or a defence lawyer might be biased. Why? Because in addition to the fact that they have some affinity with and frequent judges, there is also the fact that they might possibly be tempted to put their name forward to become a judge. However, we police officers can never aspire to that high office. That is not part of our career path. That said, I fail to see how we could be biased.
Some may think that we are naive to say that the members of these committees are all seeking the same objective—namely that the most competent people assume the high office of judge. Moreover, there are not enough of us to influence or overturn the recommendation. We have just one seat on a committee, not half of them or half plus one.